Libraries

array - STL compliant container wrapper for arrays of constant size from Nicolai Josuttis.
call_traits - Defines types for passing parameters from John Maddock, Howard Hinnant, et al.
compose - Functional composition adapters for the STL from Nicolai Josuttis.
compressed_pair - Empty member optimization from John Maddock, Howard Hinnant, et al.
config - Helps boost library developers adapt to compiler idiosyncrasies; not intended for library users.
dir_it - A set of file system directory level iterators from Dietmar Kühl.
functional - Enhanced function object adaptors from Mark Rodgers.
graph - Generic graph components and algorithms from Jeremy Siek & a University of Notre Dame team.
integer - Headers to ease dealing with integral types.
operators - Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators from Dave Abrahams and Jeremy Siek
random - A complete system for random number generation from Jens Maurer.
rational - A rational number class from Paul Moore.
regex - Regular expression library from John Maddock.
smart_ptr - Four smart pointer classes from Greg Colvin and Beman Dawes.
timer - Event timer, progress timer, and progress display classes from Beman Dawes.
type_traits - Templates for fundamental properties of types from John Maddock, Steve Cleary, et al.
utility - utility Class noncopyable plus next(), prior(), and tie() function templates from Dave Abrahams and others.

See Compiler Status to find out what library works with which compiler.

See Header Dependencies to find out what other headers each boost header includes.

Obsolete Libraries

min_rand - a random number generator class from Beman Dawes. Replaced by random.

Beta Libraries

array_traits - tools to treat built-in arrays more like STL containers from Dietmar Kühl. Also see array.
casts - cast templates improve clarity and safety; utility library contribution from Dave Abrahams and Kevlin Henney.
heaps - a heap of priority queues from Dietmar Kühl.

Download

You may download all of boost as a single ZIP file. As many boost headers include other boost headers, installing one at at time is painful. This is a first try at making installation easier.

If you don't already have a ZIP file decoder, download one from the Info-ZIP web site.

Installing Boost Libraries

Many boost libraries are implemented entirely within their header files. The only preparation for their use is to add the path for the parent directory of the boost header sub-directory to your compiler's list of #include search directories.

For example, using Windows 2000, if you have unzipped release 1.18.1 from boost_all.zip into the top level directory of your C drive, for Borland, GCC, and Metrowerks compilers add '-Ic:/boost_1_18_1' to the compiler command line, and for the Microsoft compiler add '/I "c:/boost_1_18_1"'. For IDE's, add 'c:/boost_1_18_1' (or whatever you have renamed it to) to the search list using the appropriate GUI dialog.

A few boost libraries are implemented by separate source files, and thus require compilation on your system to link properly. Boost does not currently have an overall "build" or "make" mechanism in place.

Revised 03 Nov 2000